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تره

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of falsehood, vanity, and trivial matters. It also extends to the literal meaning of small, branching paths diverging from a main road, which is then used metaphorically for falsehood.

Derived headwords

التُّرْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    triviality, falsehoodboth

    A trivial matter, falsehood, or an idle tale. It is also used for small paths branching off from a larger road.

التُّرْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small branching pathclassical

    A small path that branches off from a main road.

التُّرْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehood, vanityboth

    Falsehood, vanity, or an idle tale.

التُّرْهَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoods, vanitiesboth

    Plural of 'tarhah', referring to falsehoods, vanities, or trivial matters.

التُّرْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehood, vanityboth

    Falsehood, vanity, or an idle tale. It is considered synonymous with 'tarhah'.

التُّرْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small branching pathclassical

    A small path that branches off from a main road. This is the original meaning from which the metaphorical sense of falsehood is derived.

التَّرَارِرnoun
  1. 1.
    small branching pathsclassical

    Plural of 'tarhah', referring to small paths branching off from a main road.

التَّرَارِيهnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoods, vanitiesclassical

    A plural form of 'tarhah', used to denote falsehoods or vanities.

Parallel reading

الترهات والترهات: الأباطيل
The falsehoods and the falsehoods: the vanities.
واحدتها ترهة، وهي التره، بضم التاء وفتح التاء المشددة
Its singular is 'tarhah', which is 'tarah', with the damma on the ta' and the fatha on the shaddah.
وهي في الأصل الطرق الصغار المتشعبة عن الطريق الأعظم
And it is originally the small paths branching off from the greatest road.
والجمع التراره
And the plural is 'tararah'.
وقيل: التره والترهة واحد، وهو الباطل
And it is said: 'tarah' and 'tarhah' are one, and it is falsehood.
الترهات البواطل من الأمور
The falsehoods are the invalid matters.
وحقة ليست بقول التره
And a right that is not of the words of falsehood.
ويقال في جمع ترهة للباطل تره
And it is said for the plural of 'tarhah' for falsehood, 'tarah'.
الترهات الطرق الصغار غير الجادة تتشعب عنها
The falsehoods are the small paths not on the main road, branching off from it.
ذاك الذي، وأبيك، يعرف مالك، ... والحق يدفع ترهات الباطل
That is he, by your father, whom Malik knows, ... and the truth repels the falsehoods of vanity.
واستعير في الباطل فقيل: الترهات البسابس
And it was metaphorically used for falsehood, so it was said: the falsehoods are the 'basabis'.
والترهات الصحاصح
And the falsehoods are the 'sahasih'.
وهو من أسماء الباطل
And it is among the names of falsehood.
وقوم يقولون تره، والجمع تراريه
And some people say 'tarah', and the plural is 'tararih'.
ردوا بني الأعرج إبلي من كثب ... قبل التراريه، وبعد المطلب
Return the camels of the Banu al-A'raj to me from close by ... before the falsehoods, and after the demand.